Santa Monica Daily Press We have you covered FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Volume 13 Issue 71 THE DRIP, DROP ISSUE SAMOHI STILL TIED FOR FIRST SEE PAGE 3 ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA (310) 395-9922 100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800Santa Monica 90401 BACK OR UNFILED TAXES? Gary Limjap (310) 586-0339 In today’s real estate climate ... Experience counts! [email protected]www.garylimjap.com Call for details ( 310 ) 458-7737 PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Yes, in this very spot! PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Yes, in this very spot! Call for details ( 310 ) 458-7737 BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY Santa Monica police are looking for a 15-year-old girl who was last seen leaving for school on Monday morning. Rayven Paige Ferguson never arrived at school and has not been seen since. She requires medication and has not had it since Monday. Ferguson is 5 foot 4, 160 pounds with brown eyes. She has brown hair with blond bangs and pur- ple streaks. She has shaved lines in her right eyebrow and gages in her ears. Anyone with information regarding Ferguson is asked to contact the Santa Monica Police Department, Detective Gladden (310) 458-8931, Detective Trapnell (310) 458-2256, or the SMPD Watch Commander (24 hours) at (310) 458-8427. [email protected]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLORADO AVE Santa Monica-based Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.’s holiday quarter results topped Wall Street forecasts, helped by the strong box office haul from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” The second film in the franchise grossed $860 million in global ticket sales, 25 percent better than the debut installment. The next two films in the series, parts 1 and 2 of “Mockingjay,” are set to be released this November and in November 2015. Net income in the fiscal third quarter through Dec. 31 more than doubled to $88.8 million, or 59 cents per share, from $37.8 million, or 27 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet predicted 46 cents per share. Revenue grew 13 percent to $839.9 million, above the $833.5 million analysts had forecast. Shares rose 8 cents to $31.81 in after-hours trading Thursday, after closing up $1.05, or 3.4 percent, at $31.73 in the regular session. BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer SMO Jets are still landing on the wide, black runway at the Santa Monica Airport but some residents are already making compar- isons to Griffith Park. Airport2Park, a group advocating — as the name suggests — to turn the airport into a park, met last week to talk about the finan- cial feasibility of turning the tarmac green. City Hall is currently locked in a legal SEE PARK PAGE 8 BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer CITYWIDE If you think of the public outcry over the Hines development project as a storm, we are likely in the eye of it. Santa Monica’s City Council approved the 765,000-square-foot project for the cor- ner of Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street in a 4 to 3 vote earlier this week despite a large protest against the project held on the steps of City Hall. Last week’s meeting was postponed after 95 residents spoke, both against and in favor of the project, for over three hours during the public comment portion of the agenda item. Next Tuesday, council will consider mak- ing the agreement official (and will likely do so) during a second reading of the agree- ment. For residents opposed to the project, the approval of the second reading is the sound of a starter pistol firing. Anti-Hines advocates can then officially push for a referendum vote — an election that would allow the residents to decide whether or not to nix the five proposed buildings and the $32 million in community benefits that come along with them. It would also open the window for legal challenges to the council’s decision. SEE FIGHT PAGE 9 JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS Daniel Archuleta [email protected]A Cirque du Soleil dancer performs on the Third Street Promenade on Thursday afternoon. The event was a free preview of the troupe's production of 'Totem,' which is currently play- ing in a big top just north of the Santa Monica Pier. Police searching for missing teen FERGUSON Lions Gate earnings aided by ‘Catching Fire’ Airport park backers talk funding Development opponents prepare for long fight
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Santa Monica Daily PressWe have you covered
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Volume 13 Issue 71
THE DRIP, DROP ISSUE
SAMOHI STILL TIED FOR FIRSTSEE PAGE 3
ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES
SAMUEL B. MOSES, CPA
(310) 395-9922100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800Santa Monica 90401
PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS HERE!Yes, in this very spot!
PROMOTE YOURBUSINESS HERE!
Yes, in this very spot! Call for details (310) 458-7737
BY DAVID MARK SIMPSONDaily Press Staff Writer
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY Santa Monicapolice are looking for a 15-year-old girl whowas last seen leaving for school on Mondaymorning.
Rayven Paige Fergusonnever arrived at school andhas not been seen since. Sherequires medication and hasnot had it since Monday.
Ferguson is 5 foot 4,160 pounds with browneyes. She has brown hairwith blond bangs and pur-ple streaks. She has shavedlines in her right eyebrowand gages in her ears.
Anyone with information regardingFerguson is asked to contact the SantaMonica Police Department, DetectiveGladden (310) 458-8931, Detective Trapnell(310) 458-2256, or the SMPD WatchCommander (24 hours) at (310) 458-8427.
COLORADO AVE Santa Monica-based LionsGate Entertainment Corp.’s holiday quarterresults topped Wall Street forecasts, helpedby the strong box office haul from “TheHunger Games: Catching Fire.”
The second film in the franchise grossed
$860 million in global ticket sales, 25 percentbetter than the debut installment. The nexttwo films in the series, parts 1 and 2 of“Mockingjay,” are set to be released thisNovember and in November 2015.
Net income in the fiscal third quarterthrough Dec. 31 more than doubled to $88.8million, or 59 cents per share, from $37.8
million, or 27 cents per share, a year earlier.Analysts polled by FactSet predicted 46
cents per share.Revenue grew 13 percent to $839.9 million,
above the $833.5 million analysts had forecast.Shares rose 8 cents to $31.81 in after-hours
trading Thursday, after closing up $1.05, or3.4 percent, at $31.73 in the regular session.
BY DAVID MARK SIMPSONDaily Press Staff Writer
SMO Jets are still landing on the wide, blackrunway at the Santa Monica Airport butsome residents are already making compar-isons to Griffith Park.
Airport2Park, a group advocating — asthe name suggests — to turn the airport intoa park, met last week to talk about the finan-cial feasibility of turning the tarmac green.
City Hall is currently locked in a legal
SEE PARK PAGE 8
BY DAVID MARK SIMPSONDaily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE If you think of the public outcryover the Hines development project as astorm, we are likely in the eye of it.
Santa Monica’s City Council approvedthe 765,000-square-foot project for the cor-ner of Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street ina 4 to 3 vote earlier this week despite a largeprotest against the project held on the stepsof City Hall.
Last week’s meeting was postponed after95 residents spoke, both against and in favorof the project, for over three hours duringthe public comment portion of the agendaitem.
Next Tuesday, council will consider mak-ing the agreement official (and will likely doso) during a second reading of the agree-ment.
For residents opposed to the project, theapproval of the second reading is the soundof a starter pistol firing.
Anti-Hines advocates can then officiallypush for a referendum vote — an electionthat would allow the residents to decidewhether or not to nix the five proposedbuildings and the $32 million in communitybenefits that come along with them.
It would also open the window for legalchallenges to the council’s decision.
SEE FIGHT PAGE 9
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS Daniel Archuleta [email protected] Cirque du Soleil dancer performs on the Third Street Promenade on Thursday afternoon.The event was a free preview of the troupe's production of 'Totem,' which is currently play-ing in a big top just north of the Santa Monica Pier.
Police searchingfor missing teen
FERGUSONLions Gate earnings aided by ‘Catching Fire’
Airport parkbackers talkfunding
Developmentopponentsprepare forlong fight
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Free FridaysSanta Monica Pier Aquarium
1600 Ocean Front Walk, 12:30 p.m. — 5 p.m.
Enjoy a free trip to the aquarium courtesy ofCirque du Soleil, which kicks off a multi-lay-ered, community partnership between the
aquarium and the world-renowned entertain-ment company, as it sets up its blue-and-yel-low big top in the beach lot adjacent to thepier for a run of their show, “Totem.” For
more information, call (310) 393-6149.
What happened to Prudencia?The Broad Stage, The Edye
1310 11th St., 7:30 p.m.The National Theatre of Scotland unleashesits company of five actors and musicians to
tilt your kilt in “The Strange Undoing ofPrudencia Hart.” It’s an entertaining eveningof supernatural storytelling, music and the-atre inspired by the Border Ballads, Robert
Burns and the poems of Robert Service. Formore information, visit thebroadstage.com.
Knotts for one night onlySanta Monica Playhouse1211 Fourth St., 8 p.m.
Straight from the Mayberry Days festival inMurfreesboro, Tenn., actress, singer, comedi-an, clown, magician, puppeteer and ventrilo-quist Karen Knotts, daughter of comedic leg-
end Don Knotts, shares on life, love andgrowing up with a famous dad revealing howthat influenced her own life choices and herstruggle for self identity. This is a one-night
engagement. For more information, call (310) 394-9779 ext. 1.
By the fireMiles Memorial Playhouse1130 Lincoln Blvd., 8 p.m.
Fireside at the Miles is back. Santa MonicaCultural Affairs presents intimate events atthe historic playhouse. Every concert fea-
tures a different mix of contemporary music,opera, jazz, storytelling, dance, poetry, beat
boxing, a cappella singing and more.Performances take place beside the large
vintage fireplace. Fireside at the Miles runsthrough March 1. For more information,
call (310) 458-8634.
Night at the circusSanta Monica Pier
Times varyCirque du Soleil returns to Santa Monica.This time around, the world famous troupe
presents “Totem,” an artistic look atmankind’s evolution. For more information,
bedding, shoes, and other textiles at thisdrop-off event. For more information, call
(310) 458-2223.
Dance, dance, danceAthleta
1318 Third Street Promenade, 9 a.m. — 10 a.m.
Moore Dancing and Athleta are teaming upto provide free dance cardio classes through
the month of February. Every Saturday,Athleta will transform their store into a dance
floor. For more information, call (310) 500-8375.
Ring in Chinese New YearSanta Monica Place
Broadway and Third Street1:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.
Santa Monica Place celebrates Chinese NewYear. There will be henna tattoos and livemusic this Saturday. Festivities continue
through Feb. 14. For more information, visitsantamonicaplace.com.
Rock the schoolhouseMorgan-Wixson Theatre2627 Pico Blvd., 11 a.m.
“Schoolhouse Rock Live!” comes to life. TheEmmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morn-ing cartoon series that taught history, gram-mar, math, and more through clever, tunefulsongs is lighting up the stage. The story fol-lows Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacherwho is nervous about his first day of teach-ing. He tries to relax by watching TV when
various characters representing facets of hispersonality emerge from the set and show
him how to win his students over with imagination and music. For more information,
call (310) 828-7519.
New kind of oddMorgan-Wixson Theatre2627 Pico Blvd., 8 p.m.
Unger and Madison are at it again. FlorenceUnger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil
Simon’s hilarious contemporary comic clas-sic: the female version of “The Odd Couple.”
Instead of the poker party that begins theoriginal version, Ms. Madison has invited the
girls over for an evening of Trivial Pursuit.The Pigeon sisters have been replaced bythe Costazuela brothers, but the hilarityremains the same. For more information,
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SAMOHI Their championship hopes werealmost dashed after blowing a 15-point lead,but Santa Monica boys’ basketball was ableto hold off the Centaurs and lived to play foranother Ocean League championship.
The Vikings endured a second half surgeby Culver City to come away with a 68-55victory that set them up for a showdownwith rival Beverly Hills on Friday night athome. The two teams are currently tied forfirst place with 6-1 records.
Samohi saw their lead evaporate to 56-50 midway through the fourth quarterbefore they started clamping down andfinally pulling away for the victory.
Jonah Mathews, who finished the gamewith 23 points, hit a pair of three-pointers thatput them up by seven late in the fourth quar-ter. Two plays later, Mikhail Brown was fouledafter making a lay-up putting the Vikings up by10 with 1:28 remaining in the game.
“We couldn’t afford to lose tonight,”Mathews said. “I was like we have to lockup [defensively] because they were scoringeasy buckets and they were getting to theline at will.”
The Centaurs were getting to the free-throw line at will as well, especially JordinWilliams who scored all of his nine pointsin the second half and was a perfect six-for-six from the fee-throw line.
Santa Monica started the game on firetaking a 22-4 first quarter lead behindMikhail Brown and Travis Fujita. Emergingoffensive threat Fujita scored eight of his 13points in that quarter off of easy penetra-tion to the basket. Brown, who finishedwith 12 points, had his way in the paintscoring with ease.
The Vikings took a 39-25 half-time leadafter Chris Johnson made a buzzer-beatingthree-pointer. He finished with six points.
“We knew Culver City wasn’t going to liedown and play dead,” Santa Monica headcoach James Hecht said. “We know eachand every game carries some meaning to itand has a lot of value.”
Culver City started rallying midwaythrough the third quarter and cut the deficitto 12 to the start of the fourth. They got asclose as 56-50 with 4:09 left in the fourthquarter, but their first quarter performanceleft them with too much to overcome.
“They came at us and we were not readyfor that intensity,” Centaur head coachAdam Eskridge said. “We just weren’t therementally to start the game.”
With the victory the Vikings will play fora shot at a league title. The Normans beatSanta Monica 55-47 earlier this season.
Mathews only has one thing on is mindwhen he plays them.
“We got to beat them and protect our
home court,” said Mathews. Both teams comeinto the game on a three-game winning streak.
The Beverly Hills game starts at 7:30tonight at Samohi.
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“While the natural gas shortage is onlyimpacting Southern California powerplants, statewide electricity and gas conser-
vation will help free up both electricity andgas supplies for Southern Californians,” theCalifornia Independent System Operator,which runs the state’s power grid, said in a
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SAN FRANCISCO Drought-strickenCalifornia got some help Thursday from theweather — a prelude to a bigger storm forparts of the state over the weekend thatcould dump as much as 2 feet of snow in thenorthern Sierra and 6 inches of rain on BayArea mountains.
While the overdue wet weather is wel-come and may be a sign of things to come,forecasters say California needs much morerain and snow to make up for one of the dri-est rainy seasons so far.
“I won’t say the storm door is open, butmaybe we’ll get into more of a routine stormpattern now,” said Bob Benjamin, a NationalWeather Service forecaster in Monterey.
Rain in the San Francisco Bay Area onThursday contributed to numerous crashes.In one crash, a big rig went over the medianon Interstate 80 in San Pablo, but the driverwas not hurt.
San Francisco had received a little lessthan three-quarters of an inch of rain by lateThursday afternoon and was not expected toget much more before the storm moved out,Benjamin said.
Also, Thursday’s steady rain has alreadycancelled the monthly First Friday event indowntown Oakland, city officialsannounced.
In the northern Sierra, the NationalWeather Service was forecasting as much as6 inches of snow at higher elevations.
Southern California, meanwhile, hadsteady rains in some areas and scatteredshowers in others, though totals there wereexpected to be small.
The rainfall prompted state fire officialsto lift a ban on outdoor open burning inparts of northern and central California.
But Thursday’s rainfall was just thebeginning — at least in Northern California.Forecasters say a stronger system moving inFriday will dump as much as 6 inches of rainon Bay Area mountains and 2 feet of snow inthe Sierra over the weekend.
San Francisco and Sacramento could geta couple of more inches of rain, the NationalWeather Service said.
Still, the state would remain well off itsnormal rainfall totals for the year. February isnormally the wettest month, as recorded indowntown Los Angeles, with average rainfallof 3.8 inches. The region, however, has yet tosee a generalized rainstorm this month.
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Morgan Genser [email protected] HE GOES: Samohi's Tim Southam goes up for a shot against a pair of Culver City defend-ers on Wednesday on campus. Samohi went on to win, 68-55.
Opinion Commentary4 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2014 We have you covered
OPINIONS EXPRESSED are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Santa Monica Daily Press staff. Guest editorials from residents are encouraged, as are letters to the editor. Letters will be published on a space-available basis. It is our intention to publish all letters we receive, except those that are libelous or are unsigned. Preference will be given to those that are e-mailed to [email protected]. All letters must include the author’s name and telephone number for purposes of verification. All letters and guest editorials are subject to editing for space and content.
What about the water?Editor:
The pro-Bergamot editorial (”Editorial: Planning forthe future,” Feb. 4) and architects' letter (”BergamotVillage embodies LUCE,” Room for a View, Feb. 4) arewell-written and thoughtful. I wonder, though, why nei-ther piece mentions where the water will come from tosupport the “inevitable” growth. Could the weathercreate a pause in this predicted growth? Would Hinesfeel it was unfair to be asked to postpone Bergamotuntil the reservoirs are full? Is it fact or just opinionthat all the new tenants and workers will want to show-er, flush and drink? Like all of us, Hines is probably hop-ing it will rain soon, and in buckets, so its tenants won'tbe left high (about seven stories, according to currentplans) — and dry.
Brian BlandSanta Monica
Have a little toleranceEditor:
I’m not at all surprised, although I am offendedand disgusted, by the bigotry, hatred, intoleranceand ignorance expressed by Judy Palnick in responseto the school district leasing Grant School’s auditori-um on Sundays for a small group to worship(”Neighbors cry foul over church at GrantElementary,” Jan. 30).
The bigotry, hatred, intolerance and ignoranceexpressed would be right at home supporting sepa-rate schools, housing, dining, transportation, andrestroom facilities for blacks and whites in the JimCrow south.
They mask their hatred and bigotry by the absurdargument that 20 worshipers will cause crowding,parking, noise and other unknown problems in theneighborhood where very likely more administrators,teachers and staff are on the school site on a weekdaybasis causing more crowding, parking and noise issuesthan this small group. Their claim that this group’spresence will somehow be an assault on them and chil-dren is as ridiculous as it is repulsive.
The school district and city lease their facilities tovarious groups for various purposes, including educa-tional and community organizations, as well as adultand youth sports activities. Hopefully one of thegroups leasing city space will be able to offer someform of seminar to educate and counsel the likes ofPalnick so that they may overcome their bigotry,hatred, intolerance and ignorance.
Virginia IsaacsSanta Monica
More development means more waterEditor:
With Santa Monica water use up and our state, infact most of the West, in an epic drought, we must stopall new development. How can we think aboutBergamot Transit Village or any other projects withoutthe city asking us to curb water use? Our usage is upbecause of the new apartments alone on Fifth Streetand Seventh Street between Santa Monica Boulevardand Colorado. Plus Santa Monica Place reopening.
As I have said many times, the city and the Westmust stop all new building projects until we can find anew water source. The ocean maybe?
Alan Rosenblum Santa Monica
Growth isn’t inevitableEditor:
Your editorial states that growth in Santa Monica isinevitable (”Editorial: Planning for the future,” Feb. 4).
There are some things in life that are inevitable, butover-development aligned with massive vehicle grid-lock are not.
Accommodating growth for growth’s sake is some-thing I’ve heard about from several City Council mem-bers, who out of the other side of their mouths love tovery loudly tout sustainable Santa Monica.
SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATEElaine (Jones) Stephenson (Class of 1951)has almost finished writing “All the PaintedPonies”, a charming non-fiction book aboutgrowing up in Santa Monica in the ‘40s.
Told through the eyes of 11-year-old“Laney,” the book has been on Elaine’s “ToDo Today” list for decades. She hopes to sendit to a publisher in April. (Won’t that be sat-isfying to finally run a line through it?)
In a chapter entitled, “CaliforniaDreaming,” Laney describes the gruelingfive-day 1944 Greyhound Bus trip fromRhode Island to Santa Monica. Her motherand four siblings were reuniting with Elaine’sfather waiting for them in Los Angeles.
An artist, Eric Jones had gotten a job atthe Hippodrome on the Santa Monica Pierwhich housed the famed carousel. AmongEric’s duties was painting the hand-craftedwooden horses on the merry-go-round andall the scenes and decorations on the walls.
In the wartime era, jobs and especiallyhousing were in short supply. So it was thatElaine and her family lived in a three-roomapartment above the merry-go-round from1944 to 1951. (There were seven apartmentsabove the carousel but in 1974 an arson fire tothe building forced evacuation and closure.)
Laney describes her breathtaking firstview of the merry-go-round.
“Some of the horses with their brightlycolored saddles, were solid white with flecksof gold and silver shining in their manes; oth-ers were glossy black stallions, mottled grays,chestnuts, palominos and spotted black andwhite ponies. And in the middle of each sad-dle was a gleaming brass pole. Glowing elec-tric lights and shiny mirrors circled the wood-en animals like a gigantic jeweled crown.”
For Laney and her siblings growing up atthe beach made for a childhood filled withadventures. But the apartment was tiny andthe music from the carousel’s Wurlitzer couldbe tedious to say the least. Then again, it wasa good excuse for the kids to play outside onthe sand or on the pier or at Muscle Beach.
While it was paradise for the kids it pre-sented many challenges for Elaine’s mother.(Both of Elaine’s parents were British-born.)But, ever resourceful, she made it work withthe help of new furniture.
As Laney recounts, “Bunk beds filled thebedroom with the fresh smell of new wood.Mom had ordered bedspreads from the
Sears and Roebucks catalog. They weremade of white chenille and embroideredwith navy blue sailboats and red sea shells.We were beginning to feel at home. Home,sweet, merry-go-round home.”
Another problem was getting to theclothesline on the roof of the Hippodromerequired climbing two flights of stairs andgoing through a neighbor’s apartment. Mrs.Carlton enjoyed the company but Elaine’smother didn’t like imposing. But Laney’sfather came up with a solution.
“My dad cut a nice square hole in the alcoveceiling, finished the edges and made a neat andtight cover for it. Then he bought a ladder thatwent up to the ceiling to reach the opening. Itmade wash day a whole lot easier for mom.”
But pre-teen Laney, who had lived on theEast Coast and felt different enough, wantedmore than anything just to fit in with the“California kids” at Madison Elementary. So,as many children have secrets growing up, liv-ing above the merry-go-round was Laney’s.And perhaps not completely unfounded.
With its four turrets on the corners andits huge cone-shaped dome on the roof, theHippodrome presented a castle-like appear-ance. But, built in 1916, by the ‘40s it wasshabby and rundown. As kids in school areprone to do, Laney feared she would bemade fun of by her classmates.
But, for the most part, Laney flourished.In fact, as a teenager, she occasionally mod-eled and once was featured on the front pageof the “Evening Outlook,” Santa Monica’snewspaper. (Long before the Daily Press.) AtSamohi she enjoyed being a member of theprestigious Song Leader squad.
Over the course of the book Laney goesfrom a young girl to a young woman. In 20chapters, enhanced by a dozen vintage pho-tos, “All the Painted Ponies” is a poignantand nostalgic look back on small town SantaMonica that I barely recognize but wouldhave loved to live in. And so endearing arethe stories, by the book’s end, the readeralmost feels a part of the Jones’ family.
Hopefully “Painted Ponies” will be pub-lished soon and I can officially review it. Andof course, then Elaine can officially cross itoff her “To Do” list.
JJAACCKK can be reached at facebook.com/jack-neworth, twitter.com/jackneworth or via e-mailat [email protected].
Photo courtesy Tom Atkinson GO VIKINGS! Elaine Jones (left) was a Santa Monica High Song Leader in 1951.
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NEW YORK Sydney Masters’ dog Angus haswhite fur. But he loves to play and dig in themud, so his paws are often brown. And thatwas a factor in Masters’ choice of sofa.
“We didn’t choose the lovely white sofathat I wanted. No! We chose a rich darkbrown leather couch,” said Masters, whoshares a Manhattan apartment and a homein France with her husband, who is French,and with Angus, a West Highland terrier.
Finding furniture that dogs and cats won’truin is a challenge for pet owners. Here aresome things to think about when you’re buy-ing furniture, along with some ideas for pro-tecting it from fur, stains and scratches.
LEATHERMany dog owners report that leather
works well as a pooch-proof alternative tofabric. “It’s that kind of glossed leather thatrepels water and dirt,” Masters says. Angustends to stay off the sofa because the leathersurface is “not as comfy or warm as otherplaces and it’s a little slippery.” If he doesoccasionally sit on it, Masters says the dirt iseasily wiped off.
But leather might not work for house-holds with cats, who may damage it withtheir claws, according to the AmericanHumane Association’s chief veterinaryadviser Dr. Patricia Olson. Owners of dogbreeds that habitually dig or scratch mightalso think twice about leather.
MICROFIBERIn addition to leaving scratch marks on
leather, cat claws can destroy fabric uphol-stery. Some cat owners say that microfiber, asynthetic, velvety suede-like material, is agood alternative. It’s smoother and lessappealing to cats than knits or woven fabricthey can sink their claws into. And fur —from dogs or cats — is easily removed frommicrofiber with a vacuum, lint roller orcloth. Microfiber can also be spot-cleaned.
FABRICTexture and design matter when choosing
furniture. Some folks don’t like the feel ofleather (too cold) or microfiber (too syn-thetic) compared to fabric. Fabric-coveredsofas and chairs also come in the widestrange of colors and patterns, offering morechoices for home decor.
If you own pets and must have fabric-cov-ered sofas, consider this advice from Jay Jeffersof the Jeffers Design Group in San Francisco:“I would always suggest a fabric with a smallpattern or texture - a herringbone pattern orsmall check creates a great disguise.”
And don’t be afraid to camouflage yourpet’s fur. “In our house, the furniture is in
similar colors to our pets so their fur blendsin,” Jeffers said.
Fabric slipcovers with zippers that areeasily removed and washed are a plus. Somebrands, like IKEA, sell fitted slipcovers fortheir sofas so they can be replaced easily.
A COUCH OF THEIR OWNOne way to keep pets off your furniture is to
give them a couch of their own. But whereshould sleeping dogs lie? Choices abound, from$30 floor pillows at discount pet chains to$1,200-$1,400 custom B-Home brand dog beds,sold at Jeffers’ design store, Cavalier — namedfor his two cavalier King Charles spaniels.
Enchanted Home Pet sells classy dog-sizesofas that look a lot like sofas for humans.They have backs and arms, in contemporarystyles and colors ranging from tasteful graysand browns to bold, whimsical hues andgeometric patterns. “Every bed has a differ-ent personality,” said Enchanted Home Petpresident Fred Silber, whose wife, Randi,designs the furniture.
While the Enchanted Home Pet productsare inviting and comfy for dogs, they’re alsoattractive accent pieces for a well-appointedhome. They run $60 to $300 depending onsize, style and place of purchase; they’reavailable online and in stores, from trendyhome decor websites like Joss & Main tobrick-and-mortar chains like Marshalls. Thecompany will soon introduce therapeuticoptions like orthopedic support, cooling geland self-warming beds.
Finally, if you own cats, give them some-thing better to scratch or lie on than yoursofa: a scratching post doused with catnipspray and a climbing platform. (And ofcourse, keep their nails trimmed.)
COVERING UPThe simplest way to protect furniture
from pets is to throw a washable blanket orsheet on it. Problem is, these makeshift cov-ers slip, come untucked and often look amess. Consider a fitted slipcover or othercovering designed to stay put and look neat.Matt Kovacs, owner of an English bulldog,Lulu, has tried a number of covers and rec-ommends the SureFit brand. “Bulldogsdrool, pant and are a general mess when itcomes to everyday living,” said Kovacs, ofLong Beach, Calif. “Without the covers, fur-niture doesn’t stand a chance.” SureFit coverswash easily and when company comes over,they’re easily pulled off.
An artfully draped throw can work too,and can even dress up an otherwise-plainpiece of furniture. Masters doesn’t mindtossing an attractive washable blanket on herleather sofa — even when it becomes a mag-net for her dog: “You throw that on the endand it looks kind of chic, and he tends to curlup in that area.”
Buying new furniture a challenge for pet owners
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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARINGBEFORE THE SANTA MONICA PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT: Draft Zoning Ordinance Update
This is the sixth hearing on the Draft Zoning Ordinance. This hearing will address Division
III – General Regulations and may also include discussion of all other divisions of the draft
document and amendments to the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) and
Districting Map, particularly as these relate to Division III. The Commission may also have
further discussion relating to divisions of the draft document that were the subject of prior
Commission public hearings – Divisions I, II, IV and V. The Commission will hear public
comments and provide comments to staff on all of these topics.
A revised meeting schedule will be published on the City of Santa Monica’s Draft Zoning
Ordinance Update webpage. For further information, see www.smgov.net/pcd.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 6:00 PM
WHERE: Council Chambers, City Hall
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, California
HOW TO COMMENTThe City of Santa Monica encourages public comment. You may comment at the Planning
Commission public hearing, or by writing a letter or e-mail. Information received prior to
the hearing will be given to the Planning Commission at the meeting.
MORE INFORMATIONIf you want additional information about this project or wish to review the project, please
contact the Project Planner (310) 458-8341. The Zoning Ordinance is available at the
Planning Counter during business hours or available on the City’s web site at
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related accommodation request, please contact (310) 458-8341, or TYY Number: (310)
458-8696 at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting. Santa Monica “Big Blue”
Bus Lines #1, #2, #3, Rapid 3, #7, and #9 service the City Hall and the Civic Center.
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009(b), if this matter is subsequent-
ly challenged in Court, the challenge may be limited to only those issues raised at the
Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City
of Santa Monica at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.
ESPAÑOL: Esto es una noticia de una audiencia pública para revisar applicaciónes pro-
poniendo desarrollo en Santa Monica. Si deseas más información, favor de llamar a
Carmen Gutierrez en la División de Planificación al número (310) 458-8341.
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WASHINGTON People who want to knowmore about genetically modified ingredientsin their food would be able to get it on somepackages, but not others, under a plan theindustry is pushing.
Large food companies worried theymight be forced to add “genetically modi-fied” to packaging are proposing voluntarylabeling of those engineered foods, so thecompanies could decide whether to usethem or not.
The effort is an attempt to head off state-by-state efforts to require mandatory label-ing. Recent ballot initiatives in Californiaand Washington state failed, but several statelegislatures are considering labeling require-ments, and opponents of engineered ingre-dients are aggressively pushing for new lawsin several states.
The move comes as consumers demandto know more about what’s in their food.There’s very little science that says genetical-ly engineered foods are unsafe. But oppo-nents say there’s too much unknown aboutseeds that are altered in labs to have certaintraits, and that consumers have a right toknow if they are eating them. The seeds areengineered for a variety of reasons, many ofthem to resist herbicides or insects.
Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of theGrocery Manufacturers Association, thefood industry’s main trade group, said thedecision on labels should rest with the Foodand Drug Administration, which is set up toassess the safety of foods.
“It does not serve national food safetypolicy to leave these issues to political cam-paigns,” she said.
The grocery manufacturers announced apartnership with 28 farm and food industrygroups Thursday to push for the legislation.The groups include the National CornGrowers Association, the NationalRestaurant Association and the NationalBeverage Association, all industries that haveseen pushback from consumers over modi-fied ingredients.
The groups say mandatory labels wouldmislead consumers into thinking that engi-neered ingredients are unsafe.
The state laws could also create a compli-cated patchwork of labeling laws that would“increase, rather than reduce, consumerconfusion,” said Kraig Naasz of theAmerican Frozen Food Institute, anothermember of the coalition.
The industries are lobbying members ofCongress to introduce and pass a bill thatwould require FDA to create a voluntarylabel that would take precedence over anystate laws. They are also pushing for FDA todo a safety review of new genetically engi-neered ingredients before they are sold infood. So far, FDA has not found safety issues
with modified ingredients.Theresa Eisenman, a spokeswoman for
FDA, said food manufacturers are alreadyallowed to label their foods as free of geneti-cally modified ingredients. She said theagency “recognizes and appreciates” con-sumer interest in the issue.
“FDA has received citizen petitionsregarding genetically engineered foods,including the labeling of such foods,” shesaid. “The agency is currently consideringthose petitions and at this time has not madea decision, in whole or in part, regarding thepetitions.”
The companies are facing pressure fromretailers as the conversation about modifiedingredients has grown louder. Whole Foodsannounced last year that it plans to labelGMO products in all its U.S. and Canadianstores within five years.
And some companies have decided to justremove the ingredients altogether, so nolabels will be necessary. General Millsrecently announced it would no longer useGMOs in its original Cheerios recipe.
It is unclear whether there is support forvoluntary labels in Congress. Many lawmak-ers from farm states have defended the tech-nology.
In May, the Senate overwhelminglyrejected an amendment by Sen. BernieSanders, I-Vt. that would have allowed statesto require labeling of genetically modifiedfoods.
Sanders’ amendment to a wide-rangingfarm bill was an attempt to clarify that statescan require the labels, as several legislatureshave moved toward putting such laws intoplace. Senators from farm states that use alot of genetically modified crops stronglyopposed the amendment, saying the issueshould be left up to the federal governmentand that labels could raise costs for con-sumers.
The final farm bill, which Congresspassed and sent to President Barack Obamathis week, does not weigh in on geneticallymodified ingredients.
Opponents of the modified ingredientssay the sentiment may change in Congress asmore states wade into the labeling debate.Scott Faber of the Environmental WorkingGroup, a Washington advocacy group thatsupports labeling, says he expects around 30state legislatures to consider the issue thisyear.
Maine and Connecticut have alreadyenacted labeling laws for engineered foods,but they won’t go into effect until otherstates in the region follow suit. And Oregonmay be the next state to consider a ballotmeasure on the issue.
Faber says momentum is building acrossthe country for labeling, “not because con-sumers are concerned about the technology,but because consumers are demanding toknow more and more about their food.”
Food industry seeks voluntary GMO labeling
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Out the bathroom window and runningCrime Watch is a weekly series culled from reports provided by the Santa Monica Police Department. These arearrests only. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
FRIDAY, JAN. 31, AT 3:50 A.M.Officers responded to the Pavilion’s Motel at 2338 Ocean Park Blvd. regarding a reportof domestic violence. When officers arrived they heard a female yelling inside of one ofthe rooms and a male asking her to calm down. When officers contacted the occupantsthey found a drunk, naked woman inside and determined that no assault had occurred.Having no crime, the officers were about to leave when the woman went inside the bath-room, closed the door, and jumped out of the bathroom window. Officers found her in thealley behind the hotel. She was half-dressed at this point, trying to stumble away, andthey arrested her for being drunk in public. While in the police car, she kicked out andbroke a video camera in the back seat. The suspect was identified as Shelly Nikita James,36. She refused to provide an address. Her bail was set at $20,000. She was also chargedwith vandalism.
SUNDAY, FEB. 2, AT 5:30 P.M.Santa Monica police officers stopped a car at 12th Street and Wilshire Boulevard for avehicle code violation. During the stop the passenger was asked to exit the vehicle andasked if he would comply to a search. The passenger complied and the officer foundhashish in his pocket. The suspect was arrested for possession of concentrated cannabis.He was identified as Omar Hernandez, 18, of Santa Monica. His bail was set at $10,000.
SUNDAY, FEB. 2, AT 7:20 P.M.Officers contacted a person sitting outside of the 7-Eleven at 630 Wilshire Blvd. Whiletalking to him they asked him if they could search him for weapons since he was wearingseveral layers of heavy clothing. The person complied. As the officer conducted thesearch, he felt a hard object in the person’s pocket. The person told the officer that it wasa pipe used to smoke meth. The officer also found the person to be under the influenceof a central nervous system stimulant. The suspect was arrested for possession of drugparaphernalia and being under the influence of a controlled substance. He was identifiedas John Peter Sgorrano, 20, a transient. His bail was set at $2,500.
SATURDAY, FEB. 1, AT 1:45 P.M.Officers responded to a residence in the 1400 block of Seventh Street regarding a manleaving an apartment with a gun in his waistband. Officers responded to the residence tocheck for the suspect and while they were there they obtained consent to search the res-idence for any weapons. During the search of the residence they saw drug paraphernaliaand heroin in plain view. One occupant was arrested for being under the influence of adrug and charges are being sought on another occupant for possession of the heroin andpossession of drug paraphernalia. The suspect was identified as David Allen Blanck, 26,of Moorpark. His bail was set at $2,500.
SATURDAY, FEB. 1, AT 5:30 A.M.Officers responded to a residence in the 1900 block of Euclid Street regarding a fight thathad just occurred between a couple. The girlfriend told police officers that she pushedher boyfriend because she was upset with him. Officers noticed swelling of theboyfriend’s lip and dried blood on his face. The girlfriend was arrested for domestic vio-lence. She was identified as Cynthia Monica Laskowski, 28, of Santa Monica. Her bail wasset at $20,000.
FRIDAY, JAN. 31, AT 1 P.M.Officers responded to the Rite Aid store at 1331 Wilshire Blvd. regarding a shoplifting sus-pect being held there by store security. As the officers responded the suspect becameuncooperative and left the store, followed by store security agents. A responding officercaught up to and stopped the suspect in the 1100 block of Wilshire Boulevard. The offi-cers talked to the store’s security agents who told them that the suspect entered thestore, took items, and walked out without paying for them. As he did this, store person-nel attempted to stop him. The suspect ignored the employees’ efforts and walked awaycarrying merchandise that the store estimated at a value of $34.76. Officers also devel-oped information that led them to believe that the suspect entered the store with theintent on stealing, which is considered a burglary. The suspect was identified as DavidEugene Hamilton, 22. He refused to give officers an address. His bail was set at $20,000.
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battle with the Federal AviationAdministration over the future of the air-port (last week the FAA filed a response toCity Hall’s response to FAA’s response toCity Hall’s lawsuit) and park advocates arewatching closely. City Hall wants the right toclose the airport but the FAA says they can’t.
In the meantime, advocates for the parksay $6 million could be raised to fund itthrough a variety of outlets.
“At present we are obliged to rent out air-port buildings at below market cost as aresult of restrictions imposed by the FederalAviation Administration in 1984,” saidDavid Goddard, the chairman of the AirportCommission. “I estimate that when thoseleases run out in 2015 and we can chargecurrent rents for the buildings, there’ll be atleast $6 million available, which should bemore than enough to cover the costs ofmaintaining the park.”
The cost of building the park could comefrom state and federal cash, said EstherFeldman, president of CommunityConservation Solutions. She has generatedmore than $3 billion for parks in SouthernCalifornia according to a release from theAiport2Park group.
“Cities increasingly need wild placeswhere we let nature reclaim our over-organ-ized environment,” she said. “The airport
park may be in Santa Monica, but if we pro-mote it as an asset for the whole region likeGriffith Park or The Presidio in SanFrancisco it could attract both Californiaand national funds.”
She urged advocates to “think big.”They may have to: the recently completed
Tongva Park cost City Hall $43 million.Philanthropists and nonprofits might
also be interested in funding a park, said NeilCarrey, former chair of the Recreation andParks Commission.
Former Santa Monica Mayor MikeFeinstein chaired the event.
“This is an idea whose time has come,” hesaid. “I think tonight’s panel has provedthat.”
One low-cost model would include sim-ply closing the airport and opening the run-way to residents as a park space. This wasdone at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport, said theevent’s moderator Frank Gruber.
Gruber noted that the biggest cost, thereal estate, was paid for more than a hundredyears ago when City Hall bought the land.
“Most of the green space on the Westsideconsists of private golf courses which ordi-nary people can’t use,” he said.
City Hall and Airport2Park advocates saythat the contract with the FAA expires July 1of next year. The FAA maintain that it’s 2023.This is one of many details the two sides arearguing over in the ongoing litigation.
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statement.Requests for Californians to curtail their
power use typically occur in summer, whentemperatures soar and air conditioners roar,especially across Southern California.
The so-called Flex Alert, in which resi-dents are asked to turn off unneeded lights,avoid using large appliances or equipment,and turn off electrically powered heaters,expired Thursday.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the conser-vation request would extend beyond a singleday.
Stephanie McCorkle, a spokeswoman forthe grid operator, said Southern Californiahas become increasingly dependent on natu-ral gas-fired plants since the decision lastyear to shutter the troubled San Onofrenuclear power plant, which is locatedbetween Los Angeles and San Diego.
When it was operating, the twin-reactorSan Onofre plant produced enough powerfor 1.4 million homes.
Record amounts of natural gas are beingburned for heat and electricity across NorthAmerica.
Research firm Bentek Energy said in a
statement Thursday that domestic naturalgas production dropped about 1 percent inJanuary from the previous month. Thatdoesn’t include Alaska or Hawaii.
“The recent and persistent cold in theU.S. Northeast and Midwest regions affectedoverall production this month, given thatwells can freeze during very cold weather,”Jack Weixel, Bentek’s director of energyanalysis, said in a statement.
Bentek analyst Luke Jackson said gas sup-plies entering Southern California pipelineshave been considerably lower the past twodays because of high gas prices and strongdemand in Texas, the Pacific Northwest andthe Rocky Mountain states, which hascrimped gas supplies for Southern California.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas,which operates most of that state’s electricgrid, asked people to reduce electric useuntil noon Friday. Peak demand Thursdaymorning exceeded 57,000 megawatts andcould break the record of 57,277 megawattsbefore Texas’ cold temperatures subside, thecouncil said in a news release.
“We are expecting cold weather to contin-ue through tomorrow morning’s highdemand period, and some generation capac-ity has become unavailable due to limitationsto natural gas supplies,” said Dan Woodfin,the council’s director of system operations.
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Residents opposed to the development,dubbed the Bergamot Transit Village, areplanning to use both prongs in their attackon the project, which they say will cause toomuch traffic in an already-congested area.
Armen Melkonians, founder ofResidocracy.org, a website designed to chal-lenge council decisions, is kicking off his ref-erendum push on Wednesday at 7 p.m. atthe SGI Building on Wilshire Boulevard atSixth Street.
He will begin collecting official referen-dum signatures at the event and he’s going toneed a lot of them. In order to force a vote,Melkonians and his team will have 30 daysfrom next Tuesday to collect official signa-tures from 10 percent of Santa Monica’s reg-istered voters.
As of Dec. 30, there were 65,230 regis-tered voters in the city by the sea, said CityClerk Sarah Gorman. This means some-where in the neighborhood of 6,500 signa-tures will be required to force a vote.
Melkonians wants more — twice thenumber required — because he anticipatesthat some of the signatures will be disquali-fied for various reasons, including signersnot being registered to vote. He’s garneredmore than 700 signatures to an e-petition(which is not official) with promises fromthe signers to deliver more than 5,000 offi-cial signatures.
“The average pledge is less than 10 signa-tures per person,” he said. “That’s a goodthing because no one is making wild claimsabout how many they can bring in.”
They plan to go door-to-door and usesocial media to gain John Hancocks fromresidents.
If Melkonians’ team can get the necessarysignatures, City Hall will have 88 days toarrange a special election. Between the 30days allotted to the petitioners and the 88days for City Hall to set up an election, itcould occur as late as mid-June.
The agreement would be presented just asit was to council and if a majority of the res-idents vote in opposition to the project,Hines would be forced to build within thecurrent zoning code set out for the area orreoccupy the current warehouse space.
Gorman said that the referendum processwould be handled by the City Clerk’s Office,which she heads, and the City Attorney’sOffice. The clerks office has gone throughthe referendum process in the past, but itwould be a first for Gorman. City Hall hasnot yet estimated the cost or amount ofwork that would go into arranging a referen-
dum vote, she said.
COURT CHALLENGELast week, lawyers for Santa Monica
Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC), apolitical group opposed to the development,sent council a 50-page document challeng-ing the legality of the environmental impactreport that was performed on the Hines pro-posal.
A post on the SMCLC website calls theletter “a precursor to a lawsuit.”
The Daily Press attempted to reachSMCLC representatives but did not hearback by presstime.
The California Environmental QualityAct (CEQA) requires City Hall to study anddisclose environmental impacts that mightbe caused by proposed projects.
Community groups can file a CEQA chal-lenge if they feel, for example, that the envi-ronmental impact studies missed somethingor were too short.
SMCLC’s letter includes three majorcomplaints, with several issues that fallunderneath those.
One claim is that too few alternativeswere studied for the project. They say that anoption that included more residential unitsshould have been studied.
At Tuesday’s meeting, city plannersresponded to this claim, noting that a moreresidential project was studied and found tobe financial unfeasible.
The other claims were that the trafficimpacts were not properly analyzed and thatthe project does not align with standards setforth by previous council-approved plansfor the area.
Traffic and planning officials defendedtheir process for the record on Tuesdaynight.
If council officially approves the agree-ment next week, SMCLC or other commu-nity groups would have anywhere from 30 to180 days to sue depending on several factors.
A CEQA challenge would not block thedeveloper from beginning construction, saidCity Attorney Marsha Moutrie. The peti-tioner would have to ask the court for a stay,she said.
City officials keep detailed records in caseanyone opts to challenge the council’sactions.
“We try to build a record that demon-strates compliance with all legal require-ments,” said Moutrie. “This includes thoseimposed by CEQA. This work has manyaspects. One particularly important aspect isthe crafting of findings that explain and sup-port (City Hall’s) action.”
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ALEX VEIGAAP Business Writer
After a rocky start to the week, U.S. stocksroared back on Thursday, giving major stockindexes their biggest gain of the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average and theS&P 500 index each closed up 1.2 percent,their largest single-day increase since Dec.18.
The rally helped the market rebound aday after a modest loss and continued agradual comeback since a plunge of morethan 2 percent on Monday.
“The market was very oversold going intothe day’s trading,” said Jim Russell, seniorequity strategist at U.S. Bank WealthManagement.
The Dow Jones industrial averagejumped 188.30 points, or 1.2 percent, toclose at 15,628.53. The Standard & Poor’s500 index rose 21.79 points, also 1.2 percent,to 1,773.43. Both indexes were still downabout half a percent for the week following asteep drop on Monday.
The Nasdaq composite gained 45 points,or 1.1 percent, to 4,057.12.
Thursday’s surge began overseas, wherethe European Central Bank decided not tocut interest rates. The move propelledmajor European stock indexes sharplyhigher.
Then the markets got a dose of goodnews on the U.S. job market. The LaborDepartment reported that fewer people
applied for unemployment benefits lastweek.
That report, combined with a private sur-vey on U.S. hiring released Wednesday,appeared to bolster investors’ confidencethat the government will issue a positiveJanuary jobs report on Friday.
“Those two numbers combined ... sug-gest that perhaps tomorrow’s numbersmight look a little stronger,” Russell said.
All week, investors have been lookingahead to the employment survey and what itwill augur for the economy.
Evidence of healthy U.S. job growthwould suggest that the world’s biggesteconomy is still expanding at a solid pace.That would comfort investors, many ofwhom became uneasy in recent weeksafter signs of weaker global growthemerged.
Those concerns were seen by some otherinvestors as a buying opportunity.
“The fear in the markets has subsidedsome,” said Marc Doss, regional chief invest-ment officer at Wells Fargo Private Bank.
Thursday’s gains were broad. All 10 of theS&P 500’s sectors rose. Three stocks rose forevery one that fell.
Stock buyers got going early on, reactingto better-than-expected earnings lateWednesday from The Walt Disney Co. Themedia giant got a lift from its movie hit“Frozen” and sales of the “Disney Infinity”video game. The stock rose $3.80, or 5.3 per-cent, to $75.56.
Akamai Technologies led the gainers inthe S&P 500 index after the online contentdelivery company allayed fears that it hadlost Apple as a customer. Akamai soared$9.76, or 20.6 percent, to $57.18. Among theother big risers were construction industrysupplier Vulcan Materials, which added$5.47, or 9.1 percent, to $65.66, and O’ReillyAutomotive, which rose $12.16, or 9 percent,to $146.72.
Investors also cheered Dunkin’ BrandsGroup, which reported that more people vis-ited stores owned by the chain restaurant inthe last quarter and spent more there oncethey got inside. The stock added $1.59, or 3.4percent, to $48.89.
Other stocks didn’t fare as well.Twitter’s first earnings report since
becoming a public company stirred con-cerns that growth is slowing at the onlinemessaging service. The stock lost $15.94, or24.2 percent, to $50.03.
A couple of energy companies wereamong the biggest decliners in the S&P 500.
Chesapeake Energy skidded after the oiland gas company gave its outlook for pro-duction and spending in 2014. The companylost $1.80, or 6.9 percent, to $24.41.Petroleum refiner Tesoro shed $2.35, or 4.7percent, to $47.60.
Health care supplier Perrigo also fellsharply, losing $6.79, or 4.4 percent, to$146.49.
Investors had moved money into bondsin recent weeks on concern that U.S. growth
is slowing. That trend continued to do agradual reversal on Thursday.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury noteticked up to 2.70 percent from 2.67 percenton Wednesday. The yield, which affects rateson mortgages and other consumer loans,had fallen to 2.58 percent on Monday, thelowest in more than two months.
All told, major indexes gained a little bitof the ground lost since Monday, when theDow sank 326 points as disappointing newsabout U.S. manufacturing unnervedinvestors.
How Wall Street interprets Friday’semployment report will determine whetherthe market will continue rebounding fromMonday’s losses.
In December, the economy added a dis-appointing 74,000 jobs. That was thefewest in three years and far below theaverage of 214,000 added in the previousfour months.
The Labor Department said Thursdaythat the number of people applying for U.S.unemployment benefits declined 20,000 lastweek to 331,000. That suggests Americansare facing fewer layoffs and better jobprospects.
“We do think that a little bit of a pause inthe market was absolutely due and at handas we finished 2013, so we think much ofthat has occurred,” said Russell. “If tomor-row’s numbers come in weak, you can blamethe weather. If they come in a little stronger,of course that’s what we want.”
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CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON Fears of an economic slow-down are heightening anticipation of whatFriday’s U.S. jobs report for January mightreveal.
Stock markets have sunk after signs ofweaker growth in the United States, Europeand China. Turmoil in developing countrieshas further spooked investors. The upheavalhas renewed doubts about the FederalReserve’s next steps.
Evidence of healthy U.S. job growthwould help soothe those jitters. It wouldsuggest that the world’s biggest economy isstill expanding solidly enough to supportglobal growth.
“The best antidote right now for all theseproblems is a robust U.S. economy,” saidCarl Riccadonna, an economist at DeutscheBank. “The whole world is watching, evenmore so than usual.”
Yet anyone looking to Friday’s report fora clear picture of the U.S. economy’s healthmight be disappointed. Unseasonably coldwinter weather could distort January’s hir-ing figures. Revised estimates of job growthlast year and the size of the U.S. populationmight further skew the data.
Another complication: A cutoff ofextended unemployment benefits inDecember might have caused an artificialdrop in January’s unemployment rate andperhaps a misleading snapshot of the jobmarket’s health.
“Just when we need it most, the employ-ment report may fall short,” Riccadonnasaid.
All the anxiety marks a reversal from afew weeks ago, when most analysts were feel-ing hopeful about the global economy. U.S.growth came in at a sturdy 3.7 percent annu-al pace in the second half of last year. TheDow Jones industrial average finished 2013at a record high. Europe’s economy wasslowly emerging from a long recession.Japan was finally perking up after twodecades of stagnation.
Yet in just the past few weeks has come abarrage of dispiriting economic news. U.S.hiring slowed sharply in December.Employers added just 74,000 jobs, barely athird of the average gain in the previous fourmonths.
On Monday, an industry survey foundthat manufacturing grew much more slowlyin January than in December. A measure ofnew orders in the report plummeted to thelowest level in a year. That report con-tributed to a dizzying 326-point plunge inthe Dow Jones industrial average.
Also Monday, automakers said salesslipped 3 percent in January. And last week,the government said orders to U.S. factoriesfell in December. So did signed contracts tobuy homes, according to the NationalAssociation of Realtors.
A gauge of China’s manufacturing fell toa six-month low in January. And a reportWednesday said retail sales in the 18European countries that use the euro fell in
December by the most in 2? years.For all that, most economists remain rel-
atively optimistic about U.S. growth. Theyattribute the recent weakness in the UnitedStates in part to unseasonably cold weather,which disrupted trucking and shipping. Theweather might have lowered hiring inDecember by up to 50,000 jobs, according toseveral economists’ estimates. FewAmericans want to test-drive cars or searchfor a new home in poor weather.
“I think the US economy is still doing justfine,” said Bob Baur, chief global economistat Principal Global Investors. “Maybe peopleare overreacting a bit.”
Baur still thinks U.S. growth will come inat nearly a 3 percent pace this year. Thatwould be the best showing since 2005.
Growth at that level would also beenough for the Fed to continue windingdown its monthly bond purchase program,Baur said. The Fed is buying $65 billion inbonds this month to try to keep interest rateslow and encourage borrowing and spending.It has pared those purchases from $85 billionin December. Fed officials have said they willlikely end the purchases by year’s end if theeconomy improves further.
Some positive signs have emerged. FewerAmericans sought unemployment benefitslast week, the government said Thursday.Applications fell 20,000 to 331,000, suggest-ing that companies are laying off fewerworkers.
A survey of service sector companies,including retailers, banks and restaurants,
found that they grew faster in January thanin December. The service companies, whichrepresent about 90 percent of all privatefirms, also stepped up hiring, the surveyfound.
And payroll processor ADP saidWednesday that businesses added 175,000jobs in January. That’s roughly in line withthe average monthly gains of the past twoyears. It suggests that hiring could haverebounded a bit from December’s disap-pointing result. Still, ADP’s figure was alsolower than the 227,000 jobs it said wereadded in December.
Yet ADP’s figures cover only businessesand frequently diverge from the govern-ment’s more comprehensive count.
Another unknown is the effect of theexpiration of emergency unemploymentbenefits on Dec. 28. Benefits for about 1.4million unemployed were cut off. Many ofthose people might have given up on theirjob searches in January. They had beenrequired to look for work to receive benefits.
People out of work aren’t counted asunemployed unless they’re actively seekingwork. If many people stopped looking for ajob last month after their benefits ran out,the number of unemployed would fall. Andso would the unemployment rate.
There’s no way to know how all these dif-ferent trends will affect Friday’s report.
“We view this month’s (jobs) results aspretty much of a crapshoot,” said JoshuaShapiro, an economist at MFR Inc., a fore-casting firm.
Fears of slowdown sharpen focus on jobs report
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NEW YORK NBC comes close to gold indelivering the Winter Olympics online fromSochi, Russia.
Although NBC has scaled back on a fewfronts compared with previous years —andstill refuses to show the opening ceremonieslive — things have improved considerablysince 2000, when online “video” meant stillimages grabbed from NBC’s video feeds.Fast forward to the London Summer Gamesin 2012, when every single competition andmedal ceremony was available live.
NBC has extended that to the Sochigames, which began Thursday. Every sport isavailable live at NBCOlympics.com and theNBC Sports Live Extra apps for Apple,Android and Windows Phone devices — theWindows version just arrived Tuesday. Bycontrast, during the previous Winter Games,NBC largely limited live video to curling andice hockey.
On Thursday, I was able to watch theshort program in team figure skating short-ly after 10:30 a.m. EST, or 7:30 p.m. in Sochi.NBC didn’t make me wait until its televisionbroadcast in the evening. By then, I mighthave learned of results from Facebook or themultitude of websites offering non-videocoverage.
The day’s coverage actually began at 1a.m. EST. with qualification rounds in men’sslopestyle. It’s a form of snowboarding inwhich skiers display technical skills and cre-ativity as they maneuver down a slope pep-pered with jumps and rails they must slideacross. I know that because NBC had a shortvideo explaining the sport.
Of course, I didn’t actually get up at 1a.m. to watch the Olympics. That would becrazy. Instead, my alarm went off at 4 a.m.Less crazy.
I didn’t make it out of bed until closer to5 a.m., though, when qualification roundsfor women’s slopestyle began.
It’s unfortunate that NBC doesn’t allowme to watch from the beginning. I have tocatch the live stream in progress, the way tel-evision worked before digital videorecorders came along. I also cannot rewindand pause video on the website, while capa-bilities vary on the apps.
There was a lot of down time watchingevents on opening day. I had to wait morethan an hour between the two groups ofskiers in women’s slopestyle. The live videocontinued, but it was mostly a distant shot ofthe slope. It was like watching paint dry.
I would have wanted to use that time tocatch up on events I missed while sleeping.But NBC isn’t making replays available untilabout 3:30 p.m. EST each day. For someevents, that’s more than half a day later. Theexceptions will be in lower-profile sportssuch as curling and ice hockey.
Another limitation: I’m able to watch justone video at a time. During the 2008Summer Games in Beijing, I was able towatch four — one on the main screen, plusthree in smaller windows to the side.Although there weren’t any overlapping
events Thursday, that’s coming. The alterna-tive is to watch a second feed on a phone ortablet.
Live video and full-event replays are lim-ited to subscribers of pay TV services, suchas Comcast, Verizon and DirecTV. You needa password from your provider, typically thesame one for online bills.
If you’ve dropped cable to save money,you’re limited to 30 minutes of video on thefirst day you watch, and five minutes a dayafter that — enough to get a taste of whatyou’re missing. There’s no option to pay forjust the Olympics online. There’s no usegriping, as the television industry is doingthis to discourage people from cutting theirpay TV service.
Without a subscription, you can still gethighlights and other features for free. Thereare actually two Olympics-related apps fromNBC. Live Extra gets you live video, whileschedules, results and news stories are on aseparate app, NBC Olympics Highlights andResults.
NBC continues its practice of using a lotof video from world feeds produced forcountries that don’t have their own broad-casters. These are broadcast-quality feeds,with graphics, commentary and replays cho-sen by the production crews.
It’s nice to see non-Americans compete,something that’s typically missing fromNBC’s television broadcasts unless they arethe top contenders. But it also feels asthough NBC is just throwing these videosonline.
NBC will address this partly by expand-ing an online channel called “Gold Zone.”With multiple events going on, it can be dif-ficult to keep track of what to watch. “GoldZone” takes you to the best of what’s hap-pening. NBC offered that in London, but“Gold Zone” will get more of a broadcastfeel in Sochi with hosts and a studio. It won’tstart until Saturday, though.
In a sense, the online experience is begin-ning to replicate television, with more con-tent made available to you.
Consequently, the online features feel lessinteractive and more difficult to seek out.The events schedule now feels more like atelevision listing. Events are displayedchronologically, rather than as a grid thatlets you jump around from day to day, sportto sport. Results are buried in the schedule,rather than collected in one place under a“results” tab.
NBC also removed a central place for get-ting primers on various events. Instead, spe-cific primers, such as the video on slopestylebasics, are presented to you now and then —just like television.
If you have a streaming device such asRoku or Chromecast, you’re largely out ofluck. I managed to get video on the big-screen TV only by using an Apple TV tomirror the display on my Mac computer.That feature is disabled on iPhones andiPads.
NBC wants the online experience to belike television, without replacing television.In doing so, it’s adding constraints that makeonline viewing a silver-medal effort at best.
NBC Olympics onlinedeserves a silver medal
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This year you open up to new ideas, and you are able to let goof your previously held restrictions. You could feel uncomfort-able at work or with someone in charge. You might not knowexactly why, and it might not be important. If you are single,just wait until summer, as this will be when your social life picks up. Date away until you are sure you'vefound Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached, the two of you will bond as if you are newfound lovers. A newaddition to the family also is possible. GEMINI always is a delight, and he or she often makes you laugh.
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